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A Diesel Porsche For Sale in the US?

Posted on 11. Sep, 2010 by in News

How’s this for an eBay find; a 1960 Porsche Diesel “Super” Tractor L 138 for sale . History of Porsche Tractors Believe it or not, Porsche began thinking about tractors as far back as 1934 when he produced three petrol powered prototypes. However, because he never put them into production (in 1937 he was ordered by the German government to produce a “volks-tractor), he wasn’t allowed to start his own production at the end of World War II. Not one to be outdone, Porsche signed licensing agreements with two different companies, Allgaier GmbH in Germany and Hofherr Schrantz in Austria. Respectively, using the Porsche engine design, these two companies produced the Allgaier System Porsche and the Hofherr Schrantz System Porsche. In 1956 Mannesmann AG wanted to enter the tractor market and did so by purchasing the license for the Porsche diesel engine and the Allgaier tractor design

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A Diesel Porsche For Sale in the US?

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